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NOTARY PUBLIC, for Onei'dft1 co[unty. \CoSmissioner o f Deeds forlMietiiga 1 . Commissioner of Deeds for Illinois.- . Commissioner of Deeds for iWiscbns .n. /Commissioner of Deeds.for Iowa., J __ !_ Also so lone and cheerless, Why this bitier hour o f woe ? be life of one Iso pure and peerless Should butjdy and beauty know. Like ivy round] the trellis' creeping, Has one coiled around thy heart, B utjtQ place a grief in keeping That will never more depart ? Ï *1 ro'm thy blue eyes are silent] stealing Tears that tell how sad the cost,- he paid, the ungtiish, and the'feeling Of a heart Chat grieves the lpst. L|ike moonlighi on the waters trembling To tliejzephyr’s kissing tread', Tjlie^e’s Something ontliÿ lips.rêsembling— 'Tis a Restless thought unsaid. listen, but t h | inagic fingers Wake ho morelthe trembling striugs, 0 songs of love that sweetly ¡linger Like the brightaud joyous'things. I - Herhand upon her bosom laying, t I 11 her ¡deep anp daijk despair, Prom naurm’rihg lips I heard|tier saying rTo a fatieied being there: epart! ,nor askjfor my relenting— All is past forgiveness now; Ifartears pnd sorrow and repenting H I will mourn iliy tiro ken vow' ll vow wjliich y du once gladly plighted I That our hearts shDula yet.be one, Plit laanno MS q MifrhfftH feht likéijautunînl leaves ’tis blighted. And lies fading in the sun. I E TH E MYSTERIOUS SKETCH. Sebi Id in cienu inn, and ago Xearly Dppoiite the church of St. X ur eniberg stands an an- narrow!,and lofty, with an able, small dusty casements, of surmounted by a plaster the Yirgin. Many years beginning- |the world as a ited g Che ro image of young artist, I this qnaint N urembei h'ostelry. rder to study the works of ti e old masters; blit, my funds run ning short I w is obliged td take por traits—and sucH portraits! ladies, èae »rosy fail, when took up my abode in I had come to Stout old hatud, all 1 w i (h her cat. on her lap ; burge masters, \viggpd 'and cocked r 7 - Ow* plentifully and impartially illuminated witji'ochre and vermilion. At length this resource began to and mine tiost, who at first had beer all civ ilité, began to im p o r tune meiin a somewhat insolent manner for thefAmount of my tfilk One evening, was\ passing up'stairs to ray attic, Mailer Rkp.p„(jailed»after me: “ Hal- Ster, when are you going to Your bill 1 now amounts to youn0 m e tzers. h une red . ¡and; sixty florins t^n Pray; lji’hen am I likely to seeji.be colo1, otj your money -j ij muttered some sort of indistinct, reply, and hastiriiiig.to my room,dock- 3 M E SSIN GERA JE N K I N S . 1 ed tfieidoor, ani threw myself, dressed i/NCE AGENTS for the fofiowing relia- a8 j was, On my bed. Revolving, ray A.rcr. J .,J . I j . BA K ER,||’ r O 'í l i N 'S Y ' Ac . C O U N S E L L O R , CHITTËNANGO N: k r ' Y. BENTLEY: & ; 60ob' ell confusjed, and’ some hon rs. Office in Fields’ Block, XSain St*, ,/ 1 Z. T. RESI DENT‘DENTIST, Oneida,|N. Y là Merchant’s Exchange, upstairs j ATTORNEY'AT LAW, Oneida, N. Y. Office1 in Stone’s Block, ' «ypRsin. ,i O N E IDA, N. Yi BXNT.ST 1 1 W. W. GqODKLL,, J_L L L I>R. A. El C H E R R Y C , C A R S K A » b k l i ] i -i i o . I Office Main St. Madison. Oo., Madison St., . SH O E C R A F T & SNOIV, ATTORNEYS &' c BUNSELLORS AT! LAW, wit i laige liooktl ,at the height o f seven Qneidaj Madison C[o., N. T. Office in Empire Qr Ifeet from the ground. On Blc ck, overRivenpurgh s Store. .TnivrN S now 1 , - p 1 * j ..-. - - ■ - •CQmmissiiner of Deecls for Micl higan i l h ò l i I e n b e c k sordid, hungry crávin i^leir place. At length aspira hitherto buoyed me up,'seemed to for sake me, and a for money took my ayes grew heavy,.and my thoughts ' 1 ' I slept ’profoundly for About two o’clock I awcke|in a strtnge sort ofexciteraent. Hal ing lighted 'my lamp; I seized a ’pift e uf paper and a crayon, and drew a rapid sketch, ill the Dutch style, feel- iug all the tinle as -if the composition was not mkhe, tut as if each stroke was 1 Ly some one, ¡who merely haijd and pencil as uncon- suggested used' mv seiolus and uiuiesisling instruments.^— Yh.t| sketen thus traced, represented' a !> ■ 1 glo miy emiri, sun uunded by-lofty but cru nbling 'walls, which welrp furnished fro® xrelli PHOTOGrRAPH ,AND-_ AMBROTYBE UAL- 11 ® T IRY.iMain street, Oneida, [NLfY. »Pictures | a ci p LE LVL J ,-AUO*U - of ill kinds an gui.ranteed. J iiranland Wis-1 the left Was a trellis of'lathes, through which one saw] an‘ox cut in quarters, jiusjendeq by-strong pulleys from the :‘of a sned. Streams of blood flowed ss i sizes’taken. and ^satisfaction trench fil the. pavement, and met-in a Died wiith refusé and rubbish. E . O S T R A N D E R , 1 - - ONEIDA, i. Col; N. Ÿ. , ^ Oflàce_Ea8t side of Main 6trìei^l nearly loppio- j Voj t k lite the ^Yalrath. Block. A lt work) warranted. m a s o n i c : -ÖNEIDAl LODGE Ño. 270, Bolds ii|s Regular put Meetings every first and third Thun day even- lwrJo\ïn I nn’yili «nAnfl. | - j Q^nTWl^Q nOTIT I ing8 in I each month bldck. in Stohe’s I! J . A . B E N N E T T ^ MANUFACTURER of Tin^ Copper Iron Wave, and dealcij in | Stoves ‘ Ware generally. Numbèr 4 Oi^eid^! y : j. Atrtbe end of the court was a cart house, through , the open dpor of which Madison | we*e’ seen'a~pile of- woofl and some bundles ¿f straw. Pieces, of ragged e* an [old hen-coop, and a broken bit-hutch littered Hie |foreground, jwgbt, (rah On remaining blank, Í hesitated- what to new l tur -i i ind Sheet and Iron Empire Block, thèli one corner of the feketch there hover lied E r i The best of American Marble used*» in all ¡cases. It j - U Madi8ion street, Oneida, 11 F. B.'pdARVEjY, Proprietor. , I something seemed to move, around it. Suddenly a foot up, aid. detached!from the kppes :ed-to* my miod’s eye. lowing the inspiration, I sketched rapidly, and beneath my crayon w a leg joiiied to the foot, then a floating garmt ut, at length the entire figure of an ol 3 woman, pale, emaciat ed] with li.she ieled haft, thrown down M A R B L E W O RK S MONUMENTS and Head, stones, of | a g a inst t i e lo y parapet o f a» w e ll, anc every, styje kept .constontljy'on hand' g ^ X g g li ,^ against a hand w h ich clutch toDi'der.onjshortuGtice; ed|h e y tift'oat. [ ’ - I I w a s draw ing the scen e o f a mur- or Italian, Shop on I del* ; the crayjnp fell fromj my hand. .. I shuddered as I looked at the woman’s face,1 contracted by terroi[, while both hejr-’ hands convulsively grasped the -DP^àCBTLIPS Q T T /B X 3 D - A - - I a tm o f her murderer., B u t hiß f a c e , .. U cfkACON, proprietor. ] sa|v jt not it, was liiddeu from m e as j jj 1 INSURANCE,' I bvrgóme veiling shadow—I could not II ffmsh the sketch. Life. ¡ Accident, Fire. New York Life In»urance ,CoL A s s e t s $ 4 ,OOO.OÒO. f U '■ ^roijits of business, all divided jaifior g'assured. || an Travelers Insurance Co. A s s e t s $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 , Insured against death or disability from àcci dents of *au kindsl ' | Morri»’ Pire Insurance Co. ' Assets $11000,0005^ msn ' 1“ I' am 'fati¿ued,?’ I said, passing my ha[nd over my damp- forehead ; “ tp- .nuirrqw I will finish the design;1 there re bains but .that one figure to put in.” Hastily undressing, I went t6-bed,, d before fivje minutes h&d elapsed I was ^sunk in .a profound .slumber. When I awolce it was broad daylight; Albany City Fire Insurance Co Ansets- $300,000. All strictly First Class Companies, offering loir fates, settling losses prompt# and libefaliy. AUZ j z i in*nred. one. three.or five rear* t* tbe lowest rates. - a w a . v i n . y » t t o n - B « ^ * ; Bljrll I fastened to to resume my kiock8 -at the “ Come in !f’ Thè door o dress; and was preparing task, when1 I heard t^o door. ! uened, and a tall old rakb, dressed in bla nk, stood at the threshold. “ Herr Heinrich Kapflf1, tb,e. painter ?” S n S S ' lniZ £ U f; three.or five sa d he. . . „ -■-i'i- rate«. • ' I i “ At your service, sir.” He bowed his head, and said, intro 15th 1865. Agent. duoingfhim8elf,: “/a r o n Fredrick vo Spreckdahl.” That the rich amateur Yon Spreck dahl, ’jv.hò was also judge of the Crim-| iiial Tribunal, should condescend to visit xky poor attic, was indeed an un- lookec fpr event. I cast' an embar rassed glance at the mean, scanty fur niture the low ceiling, and the -worm- eaten flooring; but my visitor seemed to pa^ no attention to these details.. Seating hitasel.f near my small table, “ Her Kapff,”jiie said, “ I come—I” At that moment his eyes fell on the unfinished sketch, and he gafced'at it fixedly for several moments., 1 . “ Are you the author of this draw ing ?” he asked; looking at| me with tha same attention which h.e had be- &towe<p On my wqrk. t , . “ I am, sir.” ; “ Yii.hatds its price ?” “ I Jdo not sell my sketches ; it is merely a design for a painting.” -‘An!” said _hertaking up the paper delicately with the tips of his long sal low fingers ; and with the aid of his eye-glasé he studied the sketch closely. A rhy of sunshine entered [obliquely through the small dormer i window. Yon Spreckdahl’k nose^ became more hooke3,N and his thickr eyebrow con traeteli, lending a sinister ,expression to his lean wrinkled face. The silence was so profound that I heard distinct ly the plaintive buzzing of a fly caught in a spider*s web. ; “ Ahd the dimensions of the paint ing, E!err Kapff?” said he at last, with out'locking up. “ Four feet by three.” , “ It 3 price ?” * “ F ifty ducats.” My [visitor laid the sketch on the ta ble, and drep from his pocket a long, well-filled purse of green silk. “ Fifty ducattj,” he repeated, “ there they are.” And throwing dc|wn the pieces, the bardri saluted me aud was gone before I had 1 sufficiently recovered from my amaze'ment to utter a word lof thanks. I hea^d his\ walking-stick strike on each’stair as he descended, aud I ran down quickly after him. . But when I reached the dooi’ of the i,nn he was aft- ready gone I looked up and'down thè street] but h.e was riot to be seen. / • “ Well, this is od.d enough,” I/mut- tered ; and having remounted^he five flights of stairs, I sat down-at the ta ble, brightened by the unwanted gleam of gold, and resolved to- finish the sketch without delay; ,a, few more touches of the crayon were all that was required. But these few touches, ry as, I would, I; could not give. I iad lo^t the clue-to the. design ; the mysterious personage would not còme out from the limbo of my brain. It sjvas of no use to draw and efface, and draw^gain, and retouch; the creature of my pencil was as. discordant with lis surropndirigS as one of Raphael’s igurels would be in a village ale-house jy Teniers. I threw down .my crayon in despair, and the perspiration stood in large drops cjn my 'forehead. At tjhat moment Rapp opened the door,’ ancl entered abruptly :r h'e -stood trans flxed|atthe sight of the pile of du cats. ■ “ Ha ! ha! I have caught you, mas ter painter,” he cried ; “ tell me again- ¿hat you have no-money !’ \ i Enraged at the ¡man’s insolent look and inopportune entrance, I Suddénly seized him by the shoulders and push ed h'im violently outside the door. The [landing-place was very narrow ; he missed his footing, and rolled down seveijal stairs, shouting as he bumped along: “ My money, you rascal—my monéy!” - i Retreating intoj m y j’oom, I.locked and double-locked the door; whilè bursts of laughter from the other lodg ers saluted Herr Rapp’s downward^ progress. This littl4 advq*nture roused1 me. I resumed my crayon, and was.in the act of making another attempt (on the impracticable corner of the sketch, when a clash of areas grounded on the pavement opposite caught Jmy ear. I looked out of the -window, and saw several policemen fully, armed, sta tioned, and keeping, guard outside “ That old villain, Rapp?” I thought can he have met any serious in jury?” Confused voices, and heavy steps mounting the stairs i my door was vi olently shaken. “-In the name óf the law, open !” Trembling, though I scarcely knew why!, I obeyed. Two muscular hands instantly grasped my collar, and a fat little man in green uniform, who Smelt strongly of beer, came close to me and saidl: “ Heinrich Kapff, I arrest you.” “ For what crime ?” I inquired,' as I recognized the chief of police. “ Come along,” he cried roughly, and made„a sign to one of his nién to handcuff me. . Resistance of course was useless. I was1 effectually secured and convened dOiyn stairs by some of the party ; while thè others ransacked .my room in every corner, probing the furniture, and tdrnirigover on. thq floor my poof wardrobe and other scanty possessions. My captors, thrust me into.a covered carriage, and -two-, of them entered after^me,, and took their places one at each, side. “¡.What.have I done?” I-inquired again, , -“ Hans,” said one.of them to the (.other, with a sour smile, “ he asks what be has done !” ' • ■ ’ : Soon a dark shadow enveloped us, as the carriage rolled under the glodiitty archway which leads to the Raspel Haus, or.city prison. The jailor, with a gray woolen cap on his head, and a short pipe between his lips, received me from my conductors, and having silently introduced me into a cell, lock ed and bailed the door and left me to my reflections. The rdom was 'small, but tolerably clean, and the walls being newly white washed, presented no inscriptions or drawingsVisave a rude sketch of a gib bet, probably executed by my; prede cessor. ItX as lighted by a small win dow, nine or ten feet from the ground, and the furniture qonsisted'of a bundle of straw and a bucket. Jt~- ^ . I seated myself on tb,e straw, and remained I know not how long, plung ed in'a gloomy reverie. What if the [fall down stairs ba<jl inflicted some ortal injury on my landlord ? The ’ellow was a miser and insolent; but; fter all, he had done nothing to jus- ify his receiving such rough treatment t my hapds. j What would be the up- hot of it all ? While revolving this jcomfortable question the door grat- ll on its hinges; my jailor appeared, ¡id desired me to follow him. Two turnkeys placed themselves one at ch side of me, and we walked on. e traversed gloomy corridors, feebly lighted by interior windows. I saw behind a grating a nbted 'fobber and assassin, who was sentence/d to be ex ecuted on the following morning. He wpre a straight waistcoat, and was singiug with a hoarse voice; “ I am ing o f these Mountains /” s I passed he shouted after me: |Ia! comrade, I ’ll keep a place for yo|i to-morrow on my right!” he turnkeys looked at each other with a sinister smile, and my flesh crept wi(h horror. was conducted into a/glpomy sor^ o f ju d g m e n t hall, at the upper end o^ w h ich w e r e seated tw o ju d g e s , one o theSm being my late visitor,Yon Spreck- tickling his pen you be; dahll. A clerk employed in his I ear with the feather of sat'jbefore a table. on Spireckdahl, raising liip voice, fiddVfessed m e: ' j “(Heinrich Kapff, how did com|g, possessed offthis drawing ?” Hie. showed\ me the nocturnal sketch; I examined it, and replied : It Was done by me.” Tnere was a isilpee, aud the olerk wrotle dhwn mv reply. L inoagrib witfitu mjjseir, - vrHao is the neaning of this ? What'connec- tion can the sketch have with my pushing Rapp down stairs ?” “ lit was done by you,” repeated Yon Spreckdahl. “ What is the subject of it ?” “ I . was a fancy sketch.” “ You have not copied the details fi.om |iny painting or engraving ?” bad drawn the night before—tbe walls furnished with hooks, the broken hen coop, the, rabbitThutch ; not a single detail, not even the most trifling, was wanting! „1 ! Beside the well stood tlhe judges, Von Spreckdahl and Richter. At their feet lay the corpse of the old woman, her long gray hair disheveled, her face livid, her eyes starting from her head, and her tongue protruding from be tween her clenched teeth. It wad a horrid speptable. “ Prisoner!” said, Yon \Spreckdahl in a solemn voice, “ hav[e you go thing to say ?” , j I made no answer. | “ Do you acknowledge that] yp.u threw this weman, Theresa Becker, intc this well, after having stratiglpd her. and taken po38»ssipn cf her mo ney ?” i 1 q “ Xo,” I crid—“ no! ,1 do not know this woman; I never jsaw her uritil now. May Gojd help m a !” “ I t is^ enough;” 6aid bdj in a djry tone; ana)then, without adding an other word, he and his colleague to[ok their departure. - | : * My guards conducted me back ¡to the Raspel Haus, and. left me alonelin any- profound siu- arOused from sort of to a began to lask my cell. I fell into a- por, and when but half it my conscience /awoke morbid activity, and I myself if I had. not really assassihajted the old woman! Ah, the borrohj of that night in prison! ' Seated on iny bundle of Btraw, I watched if* moon beam struggling through thi'-narrow window, and lighting ujp the sinis er outline of the gibbet on] the opposite wall.. I heard the watchman crying through the. silence • of “-Sleep, inhabitants o f , the Lord watches you! two o’clock-—three, o’clock !” People say tuat is better to suffer' death as the night ÍTurembeig ; ©ne o’clock— an innocent man than a guilty one, and, as regards th.e state, of tlie soul, it c!ey- -tainly is; but tlie poor injured body’, suffering unjustly, rebels, And its trans ports of recoiling horror,at its unde served; inevitable fate arje terrible. Day dawned, anid slowly lighted up my gloomy prisqn.. The window looked on the street. It (was a market day,: and I beard the, rjolling ofi i,he carts laden with fruits and veg&thjoles. I could distinguish tbe cackling of i,he live poultry! and the animated dis “OTifCh; (.rib tfucxci-rr ?'** ■ morning advanced’ the noise became greater,,and the buzz and movement of life around me seemed to restore felt an i?re- u So, sir; I invented them all.” isoner,” said the judge, in a se vere tone, “ I advise you to reflect. Do ne t lie.” I reddened witlranger, and said em phatically: “ Ihave spoken the truth.” “ Write, clerk,” said Yon Sprcck- dahl. “ Andtlu8 woman,” continued he, “ who us being assassinated at the edge of a wall, have you imagined her figure also ?” j I * “ Certainly.” i “ You never saw her?” . “ Xeyer.” With an indignant gesture You Spreck3ahl rose from his chair, then resumiiig. his seat, he appeared to .con sult in a. low tone with his colleague. “ What can it be all about? What have I done?” murmured I to myself. Addressing my guards, Von Spreck dahl said, '“»Conduct the prisoner to Ithe carriage. We are going to the Metnger Strasse. Heinrich Kapff,” he continued, “ you are pursuing a deplo rable path. Consider that if the jus tice of men is inflexible; thei mercy of God may yet be obtained by a full con fession of yôur crirfi'e.” I could not reply ; I felt as if under tbe influence of some frightful dream, and .prepared to follow my guards in silence. .. Two policemen and I entered {he carriage;, which rolled along through several streets. One of my guards blood mount ère I could took out his, snuff-box- '^nd offered a pinch to his companion. [Mechanically I also extended myt fingey and thumb toward the box, but its owner drew it back with a gesture of aversion, and quickly replaced it in his pocket. I felt the hot tingling to my forehead, but jbe speak tl}e carriage stopped. One o the policemen got outiwf ile the other held me, fettered as I ¡was, by the col lar, until, seeing bis. comi ade ready to receive me, he thrust me rudely out, All these precautions ,o secure, my person augured no good,Jbut just then I was given no time for reflection. My guards hurried me along a ndrrow, filthy alley, bounded by high walls, and through which trickled, a fetic stream of some! thick dark liquid.' Ar rived at the end, they opened a door, ahd pushed me before lt\gm' into a square court. Daring our progress a ,8t\range horror had taken possession of me, ^ o t arising1 from the uncertainty ,and; mystery of my position, but rathe bice ¡the effect of nightmare.. I seemeeb to be walking in a frightful dream se.eihg and' acting, without’ my yo- lition,.and oiidera hauntingjponvictipn \of .the unreality ofj all around. Hut!t.bjs horror r tangible and rear when I lookea|p$knii the place where I now found m^yielf. There was the identical court which m y hand ex ten d e d , and- t r e m b lin g in^ Disable Death] force and stood out with wonderfu reality. The jailor went out, ahd i u a few min utes the two judges appeared Wilh “ Behold y.and quick- His name ?” every limb, I said to them the assassin !” Yon Spreckdahl carefall ly examined the sketch. “ he inquired: ‘ “ I know it not,” I replied ; “ but at this moment be is in the market, cut ting up meat at the third stall on th.e left, as you enter from the.Trabanten Strasse.” “ What do you * advise ?” said my judge to his colleague . rÿJ *‘Thàt we should instantly send.for the man,” replied he in a grave tone. Stepping out itato the corridor, he gave his orders to a policeman sta tioned there. , During tb sir .absence the two judges regained standing, con templating tlie’skatch. Suffering from strong reaction, I sank on the ground, and buried my head between my knpes. Soon8teps resounded from afar along the. vaulted passages. Those who have not waited for the hour of and counted the minutes, tihen as long as centuries—thpse.who have deliverance not ¡felt the poignant emotions of suspense, ^,er- cannot pon- at moment, the steps of courage to my heart.; sistible desire to see what was go: ng on.aroufid me, and to look once.more on the faces o f my fellow-men. My predecessors in the cell, sni mated, no doubt, by a like desire, 1 ad scooped holes in the wall to facilitate their counting to th'e window. I climbed up, and holding tbe bars;man aged to seat myself - on [the narrow edge. t Once there I gazed entranced on the crowd, the life, thje movement; ears flowed down my chepks ; I felt an intense longing for. lifje.j “ Ah !” I exclaimed, “ to live—qnly to live! Let them,sentence me to ha[rd labor; let them attach a weight to my leg. What does i t matter, provided 'only that I ive!” ; j | y | \ '. The quaint old market on which I ooked offered»'a gay and aninejated1 spectacle. The pjeaaant w:omen in their bavarian costumes were seatjed'behind their baskets of eggs, fruit, and veget ables, and their pages filled with poul try ; butchers with* pakjjd arms were chopping meat on their blocks; peas ants with their large-brimmed, felt hats set far back on their he^ds lead on heir stout holly-sticks,! and. smoked heir pipesi The*changing, animated scene captivated] niy attention, and, in' spite of me,\ distracted | my ¡thoughts, rom my sad situation. ! A 8 contin ued to gaze on the crowd a| butcheij passed • by, his back bent under the weight of an enormous qfiE.rter of beef whieh he bore on his shjotilders. His arrhs were bare,¡his elbovyii rajised, his head bent down] in front ing down in a measure face, and yet at the first dered. “ It is fte 1” I - ----- -- wardly. . ! All my blood flew back ,o m|y heart. I leaped from the window doijvn into my prison, shivering, my teeth chatter ing, while the rebellious blood [flowed back .again, and( mounted hotly! to my cheeks and forehead. ! . 1 “ I t is h e ! He is there —therf — and - I must die to expiate ¡his-crime ! .0 my GoB, help me ! What aim I tsp do ?” ror, hope and doubt—they ceive the sharp agony of th I could have distinguished the murderer, marching between, his guards, from a thousand others. They approached; the judges themselves] ap peared moved. I raised iry B&ad, [and my lielart felt as though it were'grasp ed by an iron hand*. My eyes were fixed oil<Lhe closed door; lit ppened— the man entered. Ilis ¿becks were red and swollen; his large jaws were cdntracted, causing the [muscles to stand out even! up to his ears; and! liis small, restless], tawny-colored ’^yes sparkled beneath a pair of thick red dish eyebrows. I VonSpveekdahl silently showed him the sketch\. Then this powerful, pan- guine-complexioned man turned pale —pale as death, Uttering arloar which startled us all, he opened his immense arms, and bounding backward, [suc ceeded in overthrowing [two of] his guards. There was a! terrible struggle in the corridor ; we could hear! the panting respiration of thej butcher, deep imprecations, broken words,¡and the stamping and shuffling of qiany feet. At length the . assassin waa led Titi^- u ia^'iiczrostnik. o« ITIS TjreaKibTmr eyes bloodshot, his limbs\ ¿irmly fester ed. Again he looked 'fiiedly at| the drawing on the wall, seemed to Reflect, and muttered, as if to himself: r \jVho then could • have seen me’—at ¡mid- dight?” I was saved. Many years have go’ne by since terrible adventure. Thank Heaven, Ï the have no longer occasion to dread; importunities of creditors, qr to c^raw the portraits of burgomasters. I have gained for myself a recognized plac e in the world of art. But the recollections that HOFE. BY PARK BXNJAillX. 1 Hope never leaves thç human hçaijt— B’Uë sheds a ray-beneath the p&ime Atti, will'not, depart ; But, like a moonbeam through tlie gloom Where storm-clouds thicken, breaks and shines, So that thb gazer, lost and lone, Joys that, beyond’ thoBo dark coniines, A purer, brighter orb is khpwn. i ; I 1 •* Man immortal! Hope, reveals The solemn]truth; or why sbduld.we Long; for the home that time conceals In some;blcst clime bjeyond theses? The i|illow8 idash—Life’8 fragile bark Reels to tffejshock.jet on we sail ; | Hope”1 is our pilot, bids ]us mark ’ I The beacon’s blaze, nor heed the g a le! I ! I , There are no. terrors for tbe breast Of him whom Hope Sustains and choor*— And, thougn her promikes are b e s t, To merry minds and youthful years, Still, .jvlien. sustained by virtue, Age Wood her mild solace, soft she breathes Amid .the white locks of the'(sage, And rose-buds, lij^is4 chapletB, wreathes. kJ The sfôé'üt consoler ! I have seen _ _______ _____ r . ____ a seei Her spirit ini’a form of earth— A simple girl ¿he seemed, with mien Of pensive grace and tender mirth. She gently oped a hovel-door, And lor a b]noad,'rich beam of light Poured in, ana; all the night before Became, like herf serenely bright P I I saw a dungeon. Chained and worn .| With anguish, lay a brave, strong man j He fought for Freeddm,-and was borne] Away, while] blood in torrents ran From hearts, whose loss' a nation wept: 'Hope^eame at length, like his own child,-] And wlAperedjthat' Oppression slept— 1 The patriot stood erect and smiled! Bcsfboon of Heavén, she visits all— But moBt wfih grief prefers to dwell ;, I She flashes swift through crowded hall, And loiters long in lonesome cell. Ideal nympth! ] thou’rt all .to me, Sister and- biiide .and aingel, too— 8ayl! is there one on earth like thee, * So genjle, constant, fond and true! D isco very o f t h e • B ody o f C ajt bit sketch has sometimes I pallet, and of that strange nocturnal never become.less Vivid ; lay aside my brush and muhe on it for hours together. How was it that a crime committed by a man whom I did not know, in a place which Th’ad never seen, was re produced by my pencil, even in its .miuuteat details ? \Was il. by chance? No. And yet, after all, what is chance but the effect of some' cadse which es capes us ? Perhaps Schiller whs right when- he paid: “ The iipmortjai’soul does not share-the exhaustion of mat ter: during the sleep of ¿he body she unfolds her radiant wings, ahd flies forth, God knows whithem Whatjshe then doec none can tell, biit inspiration now and then betrays the secret of her nocturnal wanderings.” Who knows? j^ature is more darjng iii her realities than Imagination in h< r fancies.— Chambers Journal^ September. u t e ’ s D a u o . h t e e .— 1The following of antiquarian newsi is from the |Yest Sussex (England) Gazette of te rec date : , \ ! \ The mjost] interesting archaeolqgjical discovery wjbich has ever been inado in this neighborhood look-place in the Ohuroh of Bosham a few days jsirfee. In continuing the restoration of this beautiful. specimen of Saxon architec ture some 'excavations .yyerpj made in order to lay! bare the bases o f the col umns\ sujjpprting | the chancel arch, which arofo^ a much lower ljjvtel than those of 'the arcade separating the .naye from* ¿be aisles; In laying bate .these basqs ¡it. w-as! thoughft^dyisatijye. to extend the exoavations a iittiejfof- it was \just in front of this arch thdt km^UvtviI 'ttillP wWqTVQxl^~t<^qhibtffa youthful daughter of the Danisn'Kih^ Canute was. ¡buried. Just below [the level of .the bid floor a slab, of stqne was discovered. Carefully the excava> tion was carried on;, and soon it was found, as had bepu already oonjecluijedi that\ this storpi covered a small stone coffin. Every care was taken, and the coffin was afterwards opened in the presence of. the Rev. Henry5 Mitchidl, F. S. A., ¡(vicar of Bosham), his son Henry, Mr,. C. Sturges Jones (surg&on of Chester), and Mr. Eagar J. v^rley,1 an artisp of some note: ¡As ■ i i soon atethejid, which was seven inches ..hick, was5i’aised;^theform o f [the,, child His hair fall- concealed his ;lanc¿ I sbud^ exclaimed in- A sudden \idea—an inspiration, as I J 4-ftl believe^from Heaven—dhrted through my brain. I pnt my hanff into my coat-poO^et, and found m^ case ojfi cray on‘8. Kpshing to the clevni whitewash ed wall, -I sketched the scene of the murder with marvellous force and ra- .pidity. 'Xo more uncertainty; no more wavering .attempts.,, I kjnew Ithe [man who grasped the - luckless woman’s ere siiting i throat; I saw him, as if he w to me for-his portrait. At ¿en o’clock the jailor entered my cell. ' “ What is this?” he said, looking with surprise' at toy sketch. | | ,r •“ Go, ask nay judges po come hitq- er,” I cried, still, pursuing my work with fevqrish ardor.\ I ! '• ‘ *{ The'W ¿Whit you in this Hall] of Jfid^fien^” replied he. ^ ‘ Teli them to coine;] I bave.a dis- -.iti i t l t .j 1’ ■ '~r It slooked as if it lived land brpathed ; foreshortened on the wall) the features Bould b,e distinctly seen. The figure.„ was three feet’nine inches in height, so that probably ¿lip child was not more’lhai) five j:ears old. The hand jadibeen placed by the side ,o,f the ?ody j the. bones, although reduced to a white dust, could be very clearly traced;1 ^’he inside measurement of the coffip was four feet three inches by fourteen and onq-half inches in Width at tlie breast, thirteen inches at the head, and ten inches at the fqot. . Xo ’ jewelry or anything' of the ¡sort was found—probably tlhe child Was too young to be buried with any personal ornaments about her. This( extraor dinary discovery fully confirms the tradition that this was the daughter of Canute, the |oiim and .plainness of the coffin furnishing additional proof. ’ T h e N a t u r e o f D ia m o n d s . —Pro essor Gæppert’s long ex >ected prize essay “ On the Vegetab e Nature of Diamonds;” has recently aeon publish ed, with illustrated colored plates. Experiments sho.w that d amends can-1 not be producerTby Plate ni agency, as they become black when subjected to a high degree of temper „they are, on the contnry, of Nep tunian origin, and were a ; one time in a soft condition, is prove ! not only by the impressions of graipi of sand tend crystals on the surface of] i pme of them, but also by enclosures of foreign.bod ies, such as other crystals, fungi, and even vegetable structures of a higher organization, pæppert’s conclusions be accepted, con firming ahd extending as they do .the views held by Xewton, Brewster, and Liebig, diamonds seem t[o be'th’e final decomposition of vegetablelsubstan.ces —London Athenaeum. | | i ■ __ • < LE L if e in D e a t h — A R em ar C ask o f T r a n c e . —On Tuesday night Mr. Crowder, a young gentleman]'rer siding on'High Street, t iea to atl [ap pearances. The edrpse was laid jopt and the grief and lamehtation were such' as; is usual in such cases. brother was to have been married His last T h e F ir s t D o l l a r . —The earning ' of a hoy,Is “ First Dollar” is an epqck in his life. The ¡newspapers are ail ,, . epeating the story of President Liri- coln?s first achievement in C*hat line. He lepeived a dollar in halves from two travelers whose baggage he but oh board a-ste^mlioat, fromTa flalbqat of bis own construction, when quite young. .Relating the incident iafterr , wards,\ he said: “ Gentlemen, you may think it a little thing, and in thes|e days it seems to me like a trifle, bat it was the most important incident iamyi life. I could scarcely credit that I, a • poor boy, had earned a dollar ¡in lette. j than a day—that by honest work, I 1 had earned a dollar. The world seem- •' ed wider and fairer before me. , I wtes a more hopeful and confident, being - from that; time.”- . ■ \W^e remember, some years, ago, hearing another notable character who] has made some noise in the world, re- * count the circumstances of his earning his first dollar. This pwas ThnrldW Weed.-- .The family then lived in;te “ log cabin” uiider the Hill, below the first reservoirs of the Water w U iti- night^ bnt all preparation for tfitf py event was stopped' by]! solemn one. Oh yesterdiT'mbirfirng the supposed dead Tmah ¡gjot. idrqsse'd hi in self, aqdit nqw1eojpymg .much-yitality.as,could' be expected of « corpse. >,ihc. marriage ! ' esme off last night, and we suppose “Ithe resur rected’’ attended. —Petersburg Ex change. inlj thg Onondkgä Çrèek, .^'mqwbèi^ hear the north west cornei’ ôf the'¿amp-' r,Qund,.anjd;taldng the fish to Jadgè orman vatOpondagaHollow^, received a. pilve^dollar-r-hite first dollar—for the \ prize; ’His feelihgsupqri!thèôôoiùirôii; Yn Prussia, males are not! ^fm it’ted to marry under twenty-five, nor fe males under twenty-four 'y e e r i^ à j ^
